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Monday, November 19, 2012

DIY Harry Potter Shirt - Freezer Paper Stencil

Katie has started reading the Harry Potter Books.

Actually, she's falling in love with the Harry Potter books. She's devouring them. Note that this picture was just taken a little over a week ago while she was reading Book 2 and she's now on Book 4. Granted we've read some chapters to her for bedtime stories, but she's read a lot of it on her own. It's been fun to have her enjoying books that her dad and I enjoy so much...although we feel a little conflicted about how far we should let her read into the series. We were going to have her stop after book three...and then she brought home book four from the school librarian.

Hmmmm...she might be able to talk us into more. Although then Eric and I were talking about some of the scenes in Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter 4). Eeeek...is our little girl ready for this?!?

Instead of using our typical acrylic craft paint, we used metallic silver fabric paint. She started out with the painting, but I ended up doing most of it. I'm not sure if it's because my particular bottle of silver is a little old, or if this is just how metallic paints are, but it was just different to spread...not bad, but different. For my full tutorial on freezer paper stencilling see here.

Do you have a Harry Potter lover at your house? How far into the series have you let your 7 or 8 year old read?

I've been looking up all sorts of fun Harry Potter themed ideas for stocking stuffers and birthday ideas on my Harry Potter Pinterest Board here. Stop by and check it out if you're a Harry Potter fan too. Also be sure to follow along with my blog because I'll be showing off several more Harry Potter themed posts as I get ready to fill Katie's stocking for Christmas.

I have lots of Harry Potter inspired gifts and fun things in my shop. The selection is always changing.

See these links for more details about other Harry Potter themed crafts
we've done...and be sure to check back because I'll be adding more as I
get them written up.

How DID your little girl grow so fast?? Having read all the HP books, I know where you are headed, but I think that with lots of discussion Katie will be able to finish the series. With MY kids, if I had said "no more" in the middle of a series, they would have found a way to sneakily read it anyway. :)

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